The Crosshatch filter

Creating a portrait using the Crosshatch filter. …This is where we are starting with this image and this is where we're going to …end up. So I'm now going to come to the starting …state, and let's see that image only. I'm going to create a layer of solid color. …Before I do that, I'm going to sample some of the skin tone. …And that will become the color of my Solid Color layer. …I'll then convert that to a smart object. And then come to the Filter menu, Texture …> Texturizer. I'll apply a Canvas Texture, scaling of …100%, and a relief of four light coming from the top.…

Now I just want to break up the uniformity of that canvas. …So I'm then going to come to the Distort Group and to Ripple, and apply an amount …of minus 500, with a size of small. So that's the effect that we get. …We need to texture there initially because we can't ripple an area of flat color. …So the Ripple filter needs something to work with. …That can now be moved beneath the Image layer, and then I will convert the Image …

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5/4/2015

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4/26/2013

Filters are a part of Adobe Photoshop often misused or overlooked by designers. Author Nigel French teaches a creative approach to filters, explaining how to combine them both with other filters and with the Photoshop masking and blending tools for maximum visual impact. Plus, learn how to use filter blending modes, filter masks, and how to stack filters to create unique filter combinations.